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Retirement Planner's round-up of the top pension stories this week.

In this week's quick-fire poll we ask: Is the Financial Ombudsman Service right to take into account good practice at the time an annuity was sold?

Are QROPS still difficult for advisers to engage with? Fiona Murphy looks at recent changes and finds out.

Stephen Lowe outlines the thinking behind the recently launched Pick-A directory and looks at how it can facilitate shopping around for a retirement income.

Carey Pensions UK chief executive officer Christine Hallett discusses the opportunities auto-enrolment brings for advisers.

Carey Pensions UK chief executive officer Christine Hallett speaks to Helen Morrissey about the outlook for the SIPP market.

The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has said it will take into account good practice at the time an annuity was sold when judging complaints as it highlighted the variety of grievances it handles.

ANNUITIES

Liberty SIPP is freezing its annual management charge for two years in a bid to win customers ahead of increased SIPP capital adequacy requirements.